Arizona reports 661 new COVID-19 cases
State’s overall pandemic death rate is 6th in US
Arizona reported 661 new COVID-19 cases and eight new known deaths on Sunday.
Arizona’s seven-day case rate per 100,000 people ranked 45th on Saturday among all states and territories after ranking first and second for much of January, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s COVID Data Tracker.
The states with a lower case rate over the past seven days were New Mexico, Alabama, Kansas, Mississippi, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Hawaii and California. Arizona ranked 51st among 60 states and territories on March 28, but its rank has fluctuated.
Arizona’s seven-day death rate per 100,000 people ranked 24th in the nation as of Saturday, according to the CDC.
The state’s overall COVID-19 death and case rates since Jan. 21, 2020, still remain among the worst in the country.
The COVID-19 death rate in Arizona since the pandemic began is 236 deaths per 100,000 people as of Saturday, according to the CDC, putting it sixth in the country in a ranking that separates New York City from New York state. The U.S. average is 171 deaths per 100,000 people as of Saturday, the CDC said.
New York City has the highest death rate, at 385 deaths per 100,000 people, followed by New Jersey, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Mississippi.
Arizona’s case rate per 100,000 people since the pandemic began also ranks sixth nationwide as of Saturday.
Arizona’s newly reported eight deaths brought the known COVID-19 death count to 17,268.
A total of 858,737 COVID-19 cases have been identified across the state.
The Arizona data dashboard shows 86% of all ICU beds and 88% of all inpatient beds in the state were in use Saturday, with 11% of ICU beds and 7% of non-ICU beds occupied by COVID-19 patients. Statewide, 239 ICU beds and 1,028 non-ICU beds were available.
The total number of patients hospitalized in Arizona for known or suspected COVID-19 cases was 591 on Saturday, one less than on Friday and far below the record 5,082 inpatients on Jan. 11.
The number of patients with suspected or known COVID-19 in ICUs across Arizona was at 185 on Saturday, up from 174 on Friday but far below the record high of 1,183 on Jan. 11.
Arizonans with confirmed and suspected COVID-19 on ventilators tallied 90 on Saturday, up slightly from 79 on Friday and well below the record high 821 reached on Jan. 13.
Saturday saw 993 patients in Arizona emergency rooms for COVID-19, well below the Dec. 29 single-day record of 2,341 positive or suspected COVID-19 patients seen in emergency departments across the state.
Sunday’s numbers
Reported cases in Arizona: 858,737. Cases since the outbreak began increased by 661 or 0.07%, from Saturday’s 858,076 identified cases. These daily cases are grouped by the date they are reported to the state health department, not by the date the tests were administered.
Cases by county: 534,430 in Maricopa, 114,830 in Pima, 50,974 in Pinal, 37,041 in Yuma, 22,560 in Mohave, 18,605 in Yavapai, 17,634 in Coconino, 16,141 in Navajo, 11,881 in Cochise, 11,297 in Apache, 7,910 in Santa Cruz, 6,868 in
Gila, 5,542 in Graham, 2,454 in La Paz and 570 in Greenlee, according to state numbers.
The Navajo Nation reported 30,435 cases and 1,263 confirmed deaths in total as of Friday. The Navajo Nation includes parts of Arizona, New Mexico and Utah.
The Arizona Department of Corrections reported 12,270 inmates had tested positive for COVID-19 as of Friday, including 2,241 in Tucson, 2,030 in Eyman, 2,014 in Yuma, 1,303 in Lewis and 1,163 in Douglas; 46,330 inmates statewide have been tested. A total of 2,759 prison staff members have self-reported testing positive, the department said. Forty-three incarcerated people in Arizona have been confirmed to have died of COVID-19, with 11 additional deaths under investigation.
Deaths by county: 9,836 in Maricopa, 2,391 in Pima, 868 in Pinal (869 was reported Saturday), 830 in Yuma, 711 in Mohave, 525 in Navajo, 501 in Yavapai, 426 in Apache, 329 in Coconino, 284 in Cochise, 226 in Gila, 174 in Santa Cruz, 80 in La Paz, 77 in Graham and 10 in Greenlee.